Daily Archives: January 3, 2007

Linux is easy

By Doug McCaughan | Published: January 3, 2007
Edubuntu is really impressing me! The installation was easier than Windows. The interface is pretty. The pre-installed applications are fun and intriguing; some, like the movie editor, I want to use before passing the machine onto Noah. What impressed me the most is that after the installation I rebooted and it immediately prompted me that [...]
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What’s that smell?

By Doug McCaughan | Published: January 3, 2007
So the bedroom is starting to get a little gamey. I’m thinking a dirty diaper is under the bed or something. Then it occurs me to that I forgot about the squirrels in the woodstove! Update: That is absolutely the nastiest thing I have had to deal with in a long time. I dug a hole [...]
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Sad children hurt my ears

By Doug McCaughan | Published: January 3, 2007
The worse sound in the world to me is to hear crying, unhappy children.
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Star Wars in one minute fifteen seconds

By Doug McCaughan | Published: January 3, 2007
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I can hear, ergo I can’t work

By Doug McCaughan | Published: January 3, 2007
My daughter stole my ear plugs for a school project and they never came back. I’ll also blame my messy desk on her but the logic behind that will take a few minutes to figure out.
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We are violating our children’s rights!

By Doug McCaughan | Published: January 3, 2007
Juliet Pain of Wales hates us. She suggests that someone get Dr. Phil to intervene with us quickly. Perhaps some relative or friend will get Dr Phil intervention for them soon, as they do seem to have become a tad obsessed with documenting their lives, to the point where it looks as if they are [...]
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